Viewing
Viewing Requirements:
CourseCast recordings can be viewed on a number of computers and browsers including Windows Vista, Windows XP, OS X (Intel only), and IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome browsers. You may be required to install Microsoft's Silverlight plugin the first time you view a CourseCast recordings.
How-To Video: Viewing Overview
Logging In
Depending on the type of security that the local administrator has implemented the viewer may be required to log into CourseCast before they can view a recording. The login and password may be unique to CourseCast and assigned to the viewer by the CourseCast administrator or the login credentials may be the same as they are for the entire network.
You may choose to have the brower remember the login credentials by checking the "Remember me next time" box.
If the viewer has forgotten their login and password, they can click on the "Forgot your password?" link, type in their username and it will be sent to the email address associated with their CourseCast account. (This feature will only work if the account is set up within CourseCast)
The Viewer Screen
(This is a sample of what the viewer may see. This view can change, depending on the sources used in the recording.)
1. Page Title
The page title is comprised of the class name and the recording title. If the viewer has a number of recordings bookmarked this can help them quickly determine which one they are watching.
2. Primary Video
The primary video is the full motion video, normally of the speaker. It is also the only video in a recording to have audio. The video window may appear very large in recordings with no secondary sources and may not appear at all in audio-only recordings. Double-Clicking on the video will full screen it. To exit full-screen mode, press 'ESC'.
3. Contents Tab
If present, the contents tab can help the viewer navigate through a video by selecting the title they wish to see. The contents list will contain a series of captions and their associated time-stamp. The caption is often determined by the title of the PowerPoint slide being displayed at the time it was being recorded. Viewers can navigate to a section of the recording by clicking on a caption in the list. If PowerPoint was not used the contents may be blank, or in some recording circumstances may not appear at all.
4. Notes Tab
The notes tab will allow the viewer to take notes that are in sync with the rest of the recording. The may choose any name they like and there is no password associated with this name. The name can be shared with any other CourseCast user who has access to the recording and those viewers will also be able to view and edit those notes.
5. Search Tab
The search tab allows the to search for keywords and phrases in PowerPoint slide text or viewer notes. Select the 'Notes' radio button to preform a search on viewer notes (a screen name must be applied on the notes tab in order to preform the search). Select the 'Slides' radio button to search PowerPoint slide text. The viewer can click on any search result to navigate to the section of the recording where the note was taken or the slide was first displayed.
6. Thumbnails
A thumbnail is created each time a PowerPoint slide is transitioned or every three minutes. Viewers can click on a thumbnail to navigate to a specific section of the recording.
7. Secondary Window
The secondary window is where the viewer can view all of the secondary sources captured during a recording. These sources can be PowerPoint slides, additional cameras, capture devices or screen capture from the presenting computer.
7-a Secondary Source Selector
Above the secondary window will be tabs for any available secondary sources. Viewers can click on the additional tabs to change the Secondary Window to a different source.
8. Enlarge Button
The enlarge button will allow the viewer to remove the thumbnails from the thumbnail area of the screen, thus enlarging the secondary window (this can be useful when screen capture text is too small to read). To show the thumbnails again, click 'Reduce'.
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